Graham Batt, (St Philips, behind Temple Meads. 0117 971 7057)
http://www.grahambatt.co.uk/
Paul Dickinson, Continental Spares Bristol, Wells Road, Knowle, Bristol.
0117-9776544

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Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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"Kenny of the Fells" wrote in message
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Dave Hall wrote:
There's the odd non-franchised VW place in Bath, but I've not used
them - I can certainly recommend a couple of places in Bristol, one
centrally and one not far from Brislington that I would expect would
do the job efficiently for a lot less than the VW dealer.

I'd be interested in your Bristol recommendations - could you post please?

Thanks

KotF

On 23-Dec-05 23:04:21, Dave Hall said
There's the odd non-franchised VW place in Bath,


Would anybody know how long a cambelt for a 1.8 Golf Mk3 CL petrol is
supposed to last?

I gather they wear out quicker with stop and start journeys...



All the best,
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Hi Angus,

I have a Mk3 1.8GL (petrol) and I know that VW recommend changing the
cambelt on this engine every 60,000k; however, the Haynes manual suggests
every 40,000k is more appropriate. I've got just over 30,000k out of my
current cambelt so shall change it this year at some point. Better safe
than sorry and all that! Yeah, loads of stop/start journeys are likely to
wear it down quicker; as far as I know the distances above take that into
account. If you are doing only motorway miles you could probably get twice
as much life out of the belt - however, I really wouldn't risk it for the
low cost of a simple belt change.

Hope that helps.

Dan

"Angus Manwaring" wrote in message
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On 23-Dec-05 23:04:21, Dave Hall said
There's the odd non-franchised VW place in Bath,


Would anybody know how long a cambelt for a 1.8 Golf Mk3 CL petrol is
supposed to last?

I gather they wear out quicker with stop and start journeys...



All the best,
Angus Manwaring. (for e-mail remove
ANTISPEM)

I need your memories for the Amiga Games Database: A collection of Amiga
Game reviews by Amiga players http://www.angusm.demon.co.uk/AGDB/AGDB.html

Dan Curnow wrote:

I have a Mk3 1.8GL (petrol) and I know that VW recommend changing the
cambelt on this engine every 60,000k; however, the Haynes manual suggests
every 40,000k is more appropriate. I've got just over 30,000k out of my

Funny, I have the original VW manual for this engine and there is no
mention of any specific change interval. Just something like "check the
belt at every inspection and replace if needed".
In my opinion, the "safe" interval would be about 120k kms or ~80k
miles. Its nothing special, as even old 5cylinder VW engines with cam
belt driven water pump had the similar change intervals and reached
them without any problems. I changed the belt on my Vento 1.8GT at
~130k kms and it still was in a very good condition.

The whole hysteria about cam belts came from TDI's which apparently are
very hard on the belts and really require the intervals you mentioned
(90k kms/60k miles initially, for some models lowered to 60k kms/40k
miles afterwards).

current cambelt so shall change it this year at some point. Better safe
than sorry and all that! Yeah, loads of stop/start journeys are likely to

Very true.